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Luke Gazdic and the Edmonton Oilers don’t expect retribution to be on the minds of the Calgary Flames heading into their encounter Saturday night.

Particularly with Flames winger Kevin Westgarth back healthy.

The last time the Flames were in town, Westgarth was on the wrong end of a Gazdic punch, which knocked him unconscious.

“Unless it’s been some crazy incident that was a really dirty one, maybe then, there’s conversation that the players have amongst themselves,” said Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins. “That wasn’t fun to watch. I reached out immediately to (Flames GM) Brian Burke to make sure the kid was OK and Luke was shook-up a little bit.

“If there is a fight in the game, there is a fight in the game, but I highly doubt they’re going to come looking for retribution when it was something they both agreed to do.”

Gazdic took over the Oilers enforcer’s role this season and has traded blows with some of the toughest players in the game. He’s scored a couple of devastating knockouts this season including the one against Westgarth.

BACK IN THE LEAGUE

It had been a while since Tyler Pitlick had played an NHL game.

And even though the Oilers prospect made his league debut earlier this year and already has a goal to show for it, there were still a few nerves Thursday against the Nashville Predators.

“I was doing a lot of thinking out there,” Pitlick said. “There was a lot of new stuff out there for me and I didn’t want to be in the wrong position. So I think I was doing too much thinking at the beginning and now that I got it down it’ll help me out for the next game.”

Selected in the second round — 31st overall — in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, Pitlick, 22, was called up early in the year and scored a goal against the Phoenix Coyotes before injuring his knee later in that game.

Once healthy, Pitlick was sent back to the Oilers AHL affiliate in Oklahoma City before being recalled on Wednesday.

“Playing those games early in the year, it definitely helps,” Pitlick said. “But I don’t think I came into last night with as much confidence as I hoped. I was doing a lot of thinking and I just need to play my game.”

As Advertised in the Edmonton SUN

Luke Gazdic and the Edmonton Oilers don’t expect retribution to be on the minds of the Calgary Flames heading into their encounter Saturday night.

Particularly with Flames winger Kevin Westgarth back healthy.

The last time the Flames were in town, Westgarth was on the wrong end of a Gazdic punch, which knocked him unconscious.

“Unless it’s been some crazy incident that was a really dirty one, maybe then, there’s conversation that the players have amongst themselves,” said Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins. “That wasn’t fun to watch. I reached out immediately to (Flames GM) Brian Burke to make sure the kid was OK and Luke was shook-up a little bit.

“If there is a fight in the game, there is a fight in the game, but I highly doubt they’re going to come looking for retribution when it was something they both agreed to do.”

Gazdic took over the Oilers enforcer’s role this season and has traded blows with some of the toughest players in the game. He’s scored a